Adam Savage of ‘Mythbusters’ allegedly raped sister as a kid: lawsuit

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Adam Savage has denied allegations from his sister that he sexually assaulted her for years when they were children.

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Adam Savage has denied allegations from his sister that he sexually assaulted her for years when they were children.The Mythbusters host has been named in a lawsuit by Miranda Pacchiana, after she made her allegations public in a post on her blog, called The Second Wound, on June 30.In the post, she stated that the New York Child Victims Act, which extends the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse, made the lawsuit possible, and that she hopes the legal action will “demonstrate to my

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Adam Savage is denying accusations of past sexual assault in a recent lawsuit filed by his sister, Miranda Pacchiana. The lawsuit alleges that the former “MythBusters” star sexually abused his younger sister when they were children in the 1970s.

Adam Savage is reacting to accusations made by his sister.

Adam Savage is denying accusations of past sexual assault in a recent lawsuit filed by his sister, Miranda Pacchiana. The lawsuit alleges that the former star sexually abused his younger sister when they were children in the 1970s.In the lawsuit, obtained by ET, Pacchiana claims that the alleged incidents of abuse occurred between 1976 and 1979, while the family was living in Sleepy Hollow, New York.

Adam Savage denied claims that he sexually assaulted his sister, Miranda Pacchiana, after she filed a lawsuit against him.The former MythBusters cohost, 52, was accused of abusing his sister in documents filed on Tuesday, June 30, with the Westchester County clerk in New York.

Will Thorne Staff WriterA lawsuit has been filed against Adam Savage, the co-host of “Mythbusters,” alleging that he sexually abused his sister when they were both young children.The suit was brought in New York by Miranda Pacchiana, who claims that Savage sexually assaulted her “repeatedly over the course of several years,” beginning when she was seven-years-old and he was nine.“My older brother, Adam Savage sexually assaulted me repeatedly over the course of several years,” Pacchiana wrote in